Boxing News and History - Rocky Graziano, former middleweight champion, and Tony Janiro of Youngstown, Ohio, fought to a stalemate in front of 16,983 boxing fans at Madison Square Garden #OnThisDay in
![Rocky Graziano, left, of New York and Tony Zale, right, of Gary, Indiana, square off at City Hall during a weight-in ceremony for their middleweight title bout, June 9, 1948, Newark, New Rocky Graziano, left, of New York and Tony Zale, right, of Gary, Indiana, square off at City Hall during a weight-in ceremony for their middleweight title bout, June 9, 1948, Newark, New](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2NFHDY7/rocky-graziano-left-of-new-york-and-tony-zale-right-of-gary-indiana-square-off-at-city-hall-during-a-weight-in-ceremony-for-their-middleweight-title-bout-june-9-1948-newark-new-jersey-zale-tipped-scales-at-158-and-rocky-weighed-158-ap-photojohn-rooney-2NFHDY7.jpg)
Rocky Graziano, left, of New York and Tony Zale, right, of Gary, Indiana, square off at City Hall during a weight-in ceremony for their middleweight title bout, June 9, 1948, Newark, New
![Boxing History on X: "Former middleweight champion Rocky Graziano catches Tony Janiro with a right hand in their 1951 clash. Graziano saved a near-defeat and scored a 10th round TKO. https://t.co/VvctWQjSK7" / Boxing History on X: "Former middleweight champion Rocky Graziano catches Tony Janiro with a right hand in their 1951 clash. Graziano saved a near-defeat and scored a 10th round TKO. https://t.co/VvctWQjSK7" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F-WsgCyawAAFaW4.jpg)
Boxing History on X: "Former middleweight champion Rocky Graziano catches Tony Janiro with a right hand in their 1951 clash. Graziano saved a near-defeat and scored a 10th round TKO. https://t.co/VvctWQjSK7" /
![Rocky Graziano campione di peso medio americano visto durante l'allenamento a New York per la sua lotta con Tony Zale il 9 giugno 22 maggio 1948 Foto stock - Alamy Rocky Graziano campione di peso medio americano visto durante l'allenamento a New York per la sua lotta con Tony Zale il 9 giugno 22 maggio 1948 Foto stock - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/compit/2gj0cyn/rocky-graziano-campione-di-peso-medio-americano-visto-durante-l-allenamento-a-new-york-per-la-sua-lotta-con-tony-zale-il-9-giugno-22-maggio-1948-2gj0cyn.jpg)
Rocky Graziano campione di peso medio americano visto durante l'allenamento a New York per la sua lotta con Tony Zale il 9 giugno 22 maggio 1948 Foto stock - Alamy
Boxing News - The enigmatic power-punching Rocky Graziano was born #OnThisDay in 1919. The former middleweight champion is most famous for his three savage battles with great rival Tony Zale for the
![Goffman Sent Me,” featuring Muhammad Ali, Rocky Graziano, Tony Zale, Norman Mailer and … uh … Joey from South Philly, Part 2 | The Chestnut Hill Local Goffman Sent Me,” featuring Muhammad Ali, Rocky Graziano, Tony Zale, Norman Mailer and … uh … Joey from South Philly, Part 2 | The Chestnut Hill Local](https://beta.creativecirclecdn.com/chestnuthilllocal/medium/20200622-120710-column_gilmore-2-232x300.jpeg)
Goffman Sent Me,” featuring Muhammad Ali, Rocky Graziano, Tony Zale, Norman Mailer and … uh … Joey from South Philly, Part 2 | The Chestnut Hill Local
![Middleweight boxer Rocky Graziano, of Brooklyn, N.Y., poses at his training camp in Greenwood Lake, N.J., on July 16, 1946. (AP Photo Foto stock - Alamy Middleweight boxer Rocky Graziano, of Brooklyn, N.Y., poses at his training camp in Greenwood Lake, N.J., on July 16, 1946. (AP Photo Foto stock - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/compit/2ngf4w8/middleweight-boxer-rocky-graziano-of-brooklyn-n-y-poses-at-his-training-camp-in-greenwood-lake-n-j-on-july-16-1946-ap-photo-2ngf4w8.jpg)